Corporate Governance

10 articles tagged with "Corporate Governance".

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The Death of Revlon for the Virtuous: Delaware Chancery Exempts Public Benefit Corporations from the Highest-Bidder Mandate

A Seismic Shift in Delaware M&A Fiduciary Duties For exactly forty years, the gravitational pull of Delaware corporate law has relentlessly drawn change-of-control transactions toward a single, inescapable mandate: get the highest price for the share...

22 Sept 2026Corporate Law, Delaware Chancery
Corporate & SecuritiesLegal News

The Boardroom Reclaimed: Delaware Supreme Court Reverses *Moelis* and Rescues the Founder-Control Playbook

The Existential Threat to the Shareholder Agreement is Over For the past two years, deal lawyers, private equity sponsors, and venture capitalists have been holding their breath, waiting to see if the contractual architecture underpinning modern corp...

21 Sept 2026Delaware Supreme Court, Corporate Governance
Corporate & SecuritiesLegal News

The SEC’s Capitulation on Tokenized Equity: Decoding the New Five-Year Blockchain Exemption

A Seismic Shift in Capital Markets For the better part of a decade, the Securities and Exchange Commission has wielded the Securities Act of 1933 like a blunt instrument against the digital asset industry. The agency’s posture has been defined by reg...

19 Sept 2026SEC, Tokenized Stock
Corporate & SecuritiesLegal News

Financing the Enemy: Delaware Chancery Reaffirms the Ironclad Nature of Advancement Rights in the JPMorgan/Javice Dispute

The Ultimate M&A Indignity: Paying Your Defrauder's Legal Bills For corporate acquirers, there is perhaps no indignity more galling than the Delaware doctrine of advancement. It is a bitter pill to swallow: writing multi-million-dollar checks to fund...

18 Sept 2026Delaware Chancery, Advancement
Corporate & SecuritiesLegal News

The Four-Corners Fundamentalism: Delaware Courts Crack Down on Earnout Overreach and Busted Deals

Valuation gaps in mergers and acquisitions are routinely bridged by a familiar, often dangerous tool: the earnout. When buyers and sellers cannot agree on what a target is worth, they kick the can down the road, conditioning future payouts on regulat...

17 Sept 2026Delaware Supreme Court, Court of Chancery
Corporate & SecuritiesLegal News

The Death of Revlon for PBCs: Delaware Chancery Blesses the Ultimate Anti-Takeover Shield

The Sacred Cow of Delaware M&A Just Got Slaughtered For nearly forty years, the fundamental commandment of Delaware corporate law during a change of control has been absolute: when a company is up for sale, the board of directors must abandon all oth...

16 Sept 2026Delaware Chancery, Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate & SecuritiesLegal News

Delaware’s Contractarian Counter-Revolution and the SEC’s Shareholder Proposal Retreat

The Delaware Supreme Court Slams the Door on the Governance Panic of 2024 For corporate practitioners, 2026 will go down as the year Delaware forcefully reminded the nation why it remains the undisputed capital of American corporate law. In a rapid-f...

15 Sept 2026Corporate Governance, Delaware Supreme Court
Corporate & SecuritiesLegal News

Delaware's 2026 Counter-Revolution: The Supreme Court Re-Empowers Boards and Founders While SCOTUS Preserves SEC Disgorgement

The Pendulum Swings Back to the Boardroom If 2024 and 2025 were the years the Delaware Court of Chancery aggressively policed corporate governance and restricted founder control, 2026 is the year the Delaware Supreme Court firmly hit the brakes. In a...

14 Sept 2026Corporate Governance, Delaware Supreme Court
Corporate & SecuritiesLegal News

The Empire Strikes Back: Delaware Supreme Court Systematically Dismantles Chancery’s Anti-Contractarian Crusade

A Clear Message from Dover to Wilmington: Let Them Contract For corporate practitioners, the collective sigh of relief emanating from Wilmington this year is palpable. Throughout 2026, the Delaware Supreme Court has engaged in a systematic, unapologe...

13 Sept 2026Delaware Supreme Court, Delaware Chancery Court
Corporate & SecuritiesLegal News

Delaware’s Counter-Revolution: The Supreme Court Resurrects Founder Control and Validates SB 21

The End of the Chancery Rebellion For corporate practitioners, the message from Dover this year is unambiguous: the Delaware Supreme Court is aggressively course-correcting the Court of Chancery’s recent hostility toward corporate controllers and bes...

12 Sept 2026Delaware General Corporation Law, Corporate Governance

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